@T2R

Don't tell them to fight. Stop reelecting the individuals who failed to fight.

It's really on us that we acknowledge that these individuals keep screwing up but we actively vote to return them to office anyway.

They botched this whole process... but they'll use their failure to score political points and get our votes.

@T2R

I just emphasize: it's not that they need to get out of the way, it's that voters need to stop electing them.

Voters have the power. Voters actively go out to cast votes. When we act like it's up to the politicians we disempower ourselves.

@T2R

That may be the case, but then what?

If we lean into the nihilism where there's no hope in the body politic, then it kind of promotes the conclusion of, why should these politicians bother fighting?

I mean, most of the politicians are manipulable morons--they wouldn't know how to fight if they wanted to. The executive branch is definitely full of such people, so even if the legislators faught their laws would hardly be executed.

The way out is to say the US system puts power in the hands of the voters to get the government they vote for, whether they're morons or not.